Hello Lucid Community!
This month we have new features releases popular conversations bug fixes and some new feature requests. Also check out our most important conversations to stay informed about the latest at Lucid and get even more value out of Lucidchart Lucidspark and Lucidscale!
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Most Popular Conversations
Here are the Lucid Community’s most popular posts this month! Check them out and keep the conversation going by asking a question or sharing a tip of your own.
- How can I add a step to a timeline?
- How do I copy to a new document without changing document settings?
- We have some new Community spaces! Check out:
Lucid for Education for teachers and educators:- Share your examples of Lucid in the classroom
- Celebrating Student Learning at the End of the School Year
Tools for Success to learn more how people are using Lucid in their specific roles:- Lucid for Sales
- Lucid for Product Managers
- Lucid for Marketing Teams
Lucid for UX Designers- Lucid for Engineers
Implemented Feature Requests
We heard you! Check out the latest changes to our products that you’ve been asking for:
Conditional formatting enhancements: When using conditional formatting in your document you can now use “Shape type” and “Connected shapes” as options to further customize your diagrams! Learn more.
@mentions expansion: Collaborate and align on projects efficiently. When you @mention one of your teammates in Lucidchart they will be notified and directed to the spot where you tagged them.
Lucidspark looks a little different: We’ve made a few changes to the look and feel of Lucidspark. You can now access templates import functions and Visual Activities (Enterprise only) from the upper section of the primary toolbar. We’ve also moved Enterprise Facilitation Tools to the upper-right toolbar. We’ve also made the Table of Contents and undo/redo buttons more accessible. Learn more.
More options for sticky notes and Collaborator Colors: You can now choose from 33 different colors when picking a sticky note or Collaborator Color. The sticky note panel has been updated to include color names. Your Collaborator Color will be starred within the sticky note panel making it even easier to grab your preferred sticky note. Learn more.
Preferred Collaborator Color: Your true color is shining through! Add your preferred Collaborator Color to your user profile and start adding your ideas and opinions in the permanent color of your choice. Learn more.
Paths export: It is now possible to export your Paths into a PDF. From the Paths list just right-click on the Path you want to export and select PDF. Learn more.
Tagging collaborators just got even easier: Gain alignment even quicker by tagging your collaborators on any shape or text field within the document. This generates a comment and will email the users letting them know they’ve been tagged. Learn more.
Navigation updates: We’ve introduced “auto” mode to our navigation controls. When “auto” is on Lucidspark will automatically detect and switch between mouse and trackpad navigation modes depending on what you are using. Learn more.
New Events and Opportunities
Lucid launch party: New capabilities to improve how you work! Dive headfirst into four powerful new capabilities for the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite—Team Spaces Visual Activities Collaborative AI and Lucid's new universal canvas experience.- Learn how to see and build your team’s future from Lucid experts in our new live and on-demand Training Labs! Upcoming highlights:
- Getting Started with Lucidspark | Webinar: Join our Lucid product pros to learn how to use Lucidspark—an online collaborative whiteboarding tool—to up-level your team's collaboration to save time and ideate better solutions.
- Getting Started with Lucidchart | Webinar: Kick-start your diagramming journey by joining our Lucidchart product pros to learn how Lucidchart can help you visually communicate ideas information and processes.
- Check out the new Creative Facilitation Training Lab! This experience has been designed to teach you the skills you need to guide your team from complex problems to creative solutions.
Top Feature Requests
The Lucid Community’s current most popular feature requests! If you’d like to see these in the future add your thoughts to our Lucidchart Lucidspark or Lucidscale feature request form. We’d also love to see your tips and workarounds in the threads linked below.
Product | Product Idea or Feature Request | |
1 | Lucidchart | How can I convert a shape into a link that refers to another area within the same page? |
2 | Lucidchart | Add a shape without having to move everything else |
For more information on how these feature requests are used please refer to this “What Happens to My Feedback?” post.
New Help Center Articles + Community Posts | Lucid Support Team
Peruse the latest changes to the Help Center and tips and tricks from the Lucid Support Team to stay up to date on your favorite features!
Known Issues
Our development team is aware of the following issues - follow the threads linked below to stay tuned for updates!
Issue | Status | Details | |
1 | How to avoid moving canvas when you move your mouse around? | Under Investigation | Workaround: use Google Chrome instead of Safari |
Text doesn't appear when I download into PDF | Under Investigation | Workaround: use default fonts |